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Legalism reconsidered: Weberian problems and Confucian solutions in the Han Feizi

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Jackson T., author
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Eirik Lang, advisor
dc.contributor.authorArchie, Andre, committee member
dc.contributor.authorBlanchard, Nathaniel, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T10:31:54Z
dc.date.available2025-05-20
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAfter a thorough analysis of the political-philosophical climate of Warring States era China, I argue that Han Feizian Legalism is ultimately untenable on account of its necessarily sprawling bureaucratic apparatus which precludes adaptability and rapid response in the face of both internal and external crises. I show further that while Han Fei's criticisms of Confucianism are serious problems for the Confucian theorist, they are not vicious to generally cultivationist political theory. I go on to offer, through a synthesis of Confucian and Legalist doctrines, a solution which manages to patch the holes in both accounts and ultimately forge a broadly neo-classical approach to political organization, Legalism+, which relies on an epistemic naturalism à la Plato as the synthetic ground for Confucian and Legalist theory.
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dc.identifierSmith_colostate_0053N_18244.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/238384
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectclassical Chinese philosophy
dc.subjectMax Weber
dc.subjectpolitical realism
dc.subjectHan Feizi
dc.subjectChinese philosophy
dc.subjectpolitical philosophy
dc.titleLegalism reconsidered: Weberian problems and Confucian solutions in the Han Feizi
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thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophy
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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